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Awards Very Close to the Budget Ceiling

Contract cost is at or above 99.5% of ABC from Sumbong.

This is a statistical anomaly or indicator worth examining — not proof of wrongdoing, fraud, or corruption against any person.

Indicator: contract 22BH0108 was awarded at 100.00% of its ABC. Across its 28 recorded contracts, V B MANUBAY CONST was awarded at ≥99.5% of ABC 28 times (100.0%), versus 70.4% for flood-control contracts overall. This could be due to precise cost estimation or competitive bidding that exactly matched the ABC.

Public record entityConstruction of Flood Control along Ganano River, Sta.1 + 787 - Sta.2 + 250, Batal, Santiago City, Isabela
LocationCITY OF SANTIAGO (ISABELA), ISABELA, Region IIContract 22BH0108
Amount₱72,374,738.52100.00% of approved budget (ABC) sumbong source

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Project completion

Schedule fields from DPWH transparency portal records and the Sumbong sa Pangulo flood-control list — not inferred beyond those columns.

Reported complete (DPWH): 1Ongoing: 0Delayed: 0Status unknown: 0
ProjectProg.Target endActual endDays lateStatus
Construction of Flood Control along Ganano River, Sta.1 + 787 - Sta.2 + 250, Batal, Santiago City, Isabela22BH0108Flood control100%January 21, 2023December 9, 2022—completedsumbong source

Start: April 12, 2022 · Source fetched October 21, 2026

Rule Definition

ContractCost / ABC ≥ 0.995 using metadata.abc and contract cost fields.

Triggering Data & citations

Contract cost is at or above 99.5% of approved budget for contract (ABC)

{
  "deo": "Isabela 4th District Engineering Office",
  "ratio": 0.999996387150259,
  "abcPhp": 72375000,
  "threshold": 0.995,
  "contractId": "22BH0108",
  "contractor": "V B MANUBAY CONST",
  "contractCostPhp": 72374738.52
}

Possible Innocent Explanations

  • Accurate cost estimating
  • Single qualified bid at market rate
  • ABC set equal to engineer’s estimate
  • This could be due to precise cost estimation or competitive bidding that exactly matched the ABC.